An 8-year-old boy fatally shot his 11-year-old brother Saturday morning while the two played in a wooded area of Harford County.

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Sheriff's deputies said the two were playing in a wooded area in the 900 block of Old Pylesville Road in northern Harford County.

Rescue crews were rendering aid by the time deputies arrived at the scene, where Michael Alexander Szoke, of Pylesville, was shot in the head.

Szoke died on a landing zone where a state police helicopter was waiting to rush him to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Center.

A grandparent had reported to deputies that shots were fired from an unknown direction. State police and sheriff's deputies searched the area by air and ground to locate a possible gunman.

Almost three hours after the shooting, deputies found a handgun hidden in the wooded area near the scene. Investigators determined the younger brother pulled the trigger that fired a gunshot, striking his older brother.

According to deputies, the younger brother said he saw his brother fall.

Investigators said the boys got the handgun from a secured area of a neighbor's property.

11 News has learned that each boy was living with separate grandparents.

No charges were filed, pending a review of the case by the Harford County State's Attorney's Office.